Catalonia Votes in Election Pivotal for Independence Campaign

Catalonia Votes in Election Pivotal for Independence Campaign
A woman casts her ballot as others wait to vote in Catalonia's regional elections at a polling station in Vic, Spain December 21, 2017. Reuters/Juan Medina
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BARCELONA—Catalans flocked to the polls on Thursday for an election that could strip pro-independence parties of absolute control of the region’s parliament, though prospects of it ending the country’s worst political crisis in decades appear slim.

Final surveys published last Friday showed separatists and unionists running neck-and-neck, though the same data suggests the pro-independence camp may still be able to form a minority government.